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so the docs fucked with poppop's meds and he took a nosedive, so my brother, his girlfriend and my nephew went on an emergency trip to see him, even if it was to say goodbye (which i pray it isn't, but...).
we got an amazing picture though:
from left to right - r.a. redden the 3rd, 4th, 5th and jr. four generations, a historical picture - and my nephew has his finger up his nose. good thing i took more than one shot, lol.
everyone kept telling us that he didn't know what was going on, that he wasn't responsive or even talking. we went in expecting the worst. when the bobs and me went to the room, poppop was very coherent - he knew exactly who all of us were, waved hello and even had bits of conversation. he got a HUGE grin on his face after meeting bobby v and insisted on the pic. he started crying soon after though, but i'm not entirely sure it was out of sadness.
i stood there for a while and held his hand and talked to him a little with my dad. poppop told me he was proud of me for turning my life around, and that i'd be a good doctor - no doubt in his mind. i had to leave the room for a few because i just lost it when i realized all the time my mother had kept me from that side of the family he was following my life. i made sure to go back in before we left to tell him how much i loved and respected him and all he's done for the family, like dooming us all to be philanthropists, lol.
the pic makes him look really bad, he was a lot more animated than it looks. us redden kids - all of us - owe our lives now to that man.
he was still cracking jokes, too. true poppop fashion. what an astounding person. i love you poppop.
we got an amazing picture though:
from left to right - r.a. redden the 3rd, 4th, 5th and jr. four generations, a historical picture - and my nephew has his finger up his nose. good thing i took more than one shot, lol.
everyone kept telling us that he didn't know what was going on, that he wasn't responsive or even talking. we went in expecting the worst. when the bobs and me went to the room, poppop was very coherent - he knew exactly who all of us were, waved hello and even had bits of conversation. he got a HUGE grin on his face after meeting bobby v and insisted on the pic. he started crying soon after though, but i'm not entirely sure it was out of sadness.
i stood there for a while and held his hand and talked to him a little with my dad. poppop told me he was proud of me for turning my life around, and that i'd be a good doctor - no doubt in his mind. i had to leave the room for a few because i just lost it when i realized all the time my mother had kept me from that side of the family he was following my life. i made sure to go back in before we left to tell him how much i loved and respected him and all he's done for the family, like dooming us all to be philanthropists, lol.
the pic makes him look really bad, he was a lot more animated than it looks. us redden kids - all of us - owe our lives now to that man.
he was still cracking jokes, too. true poppop fashion. what an astounding person. i love you poppop.
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